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The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 is a document that does not allow the colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. The area west of the mountains was set aside and to be governed by the Indians. -
The Grenville Acts
The parliament included a number of acts that would raise revenue to pay the 7 Tears War. It also went into paying for new land. They increased efficiency of the American Customs system. The most known tax was the Sugar Act. The British knew it as the American revenue act. -
No importation without representation.
Boston merchants began not importing British luxury goods to protest against the British. This later spread to the other colonies. -
The Act of Stamps
The Stamp Act passes parliament. It was a direct tax on colonies. The reason they put it there was to help the British military sent America. The Stamp Act had great resistance from the colonies and then then the colonies created the phrase,"No taxation without representation." -
Taxation in Virginia
Patrick Henry begins the discussion of the Virginia resolutions involving the right that only Virginia can tax themselves. The house of Burgesses took some of Patrick's less radical statements including the right to self government. -
New York Assembly vs. the Quartering Act
The New York Assembly continues fighting against the Quartering Acts, refusing to allow any funds that are for housing the soldiers. The crown suspends legislature on December 19th. -
Townshend Acts
The goal of the Townshend Acts was to add external taxes to things like glass, tea, and paper, There was additional infrastructure set up to make sure that the enforcement is in America. -
Sam Adam's letter to Britain.
Sam writes a letter against the Townshend Acts to the British. It was protested by the British. The letter was agreed to be sent by the Massachusetts assembly. -
Trouble with the Customs
After the Customs were confronted due to violation, John Hancock's ship, named Liberty, is seized in Boston. Customs officials are threatened with violence and they retreat to Castle William in the Boston Harbor. They sent a letter for British reinforcements. -
The Boston Massacre
British soldiers open fire to the colonists, killing five of them as well as injuring six. The colonists used it as a propaganda against the British. -
The Customs Gaspee Attacked
The British customs vessel Gaspee is attacked near Rhode Island. The people leave the boat as it burns on the ocean. -
Bounty on the Gaspee attackers.
The ruler of Britain offers a reward for somebody who finds the Gaspee attackers. The offenders are to be put on trail. -
Committee for self-rule.
A Boston town meeting led by Samuel Adams brings in a 21-member committee of correspondence to interact with other Massachusetts towns. -
The Boston Tea Party
After months of growing anxiety with the Tea Act, a group of Boston activists dressed as Mohawk Indians and boarded tea ships stopped in Boston Harbor in order to dump 342 containers of tea into the water. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Coercive Acts pass parliament. One of these is the Boston Port Bill which denies shipping of military supplies and other approved cargo to go through the port until the customs duties and the cost of the Tea Party are paid for. -
The Quebec Act plus more Coercive Acts
More Intolerable Acts are passed. The Quebec Act is termed as one of the 'intolerable' acts as it in part the southern boundary of Canada is spread into areas claimed by Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Virginia. -
Continental Congress Meeting
The First Continental Congress meets with 56 delegates in Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia. -
Congress' Declaration
The First Continental Congress adopts a Declaration and wants to protest against the Coercive Acts, the Quebec Acts, the Quartering of troops, and other objectionable British actions. These resolutions include the rights of the colonists. -
The Restraining Act
The crown brings the New England Restraining Act that does not allow trading with any countries other than England and also bans fishing in the Northern Atlantic. -
The Start of The American Revolution.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord begin with the British trying to destroy an arms depot in Concord.
